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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 24. Chapters: Elias Magnus Fries, Samuel von Pufendorf, Peter Estenberg, Tom R. Burns, Dick Harrison, Jan-Olof Svantesson, Susanna Roxman, Bertil Martensson, Gote Turesson, Nils Heribert-Nilsson, Karl Johan Astrom, Gunnar Jarring, Sigurd Agrell, Ivar Orgland, Mauricio Rojas, Hans Larsson, Henrik Schuck, Bengt Edlen, Carl August Hagberg, Kjell Aartun, Guy von Dardel, Gun Hellsvik, Gunnar Aspelin, Jan Hjarpe, Jan Lindhe, Otto Martin Torell, Felix Mitelman, Johan Stenflo, Clas Theodor Odhner, Magnus Blix, Gunnar Broberg, Sven Berggren, Torgny Segerstedt, Stefan Hedlund, Hatem Ben Salem, Arvid Lindau, Hans Runemark, Nils Malmer, Margot Bengtsson, Peter Gardenfors, Lars Larsson, Karl Vilhelm Zettersteen, Anders Rapp, Johan Jacob Dobelius, Tiina Rosenberg, Hans Ragnemalm, Birger Gerhardsson, Carl-Bertil Laurell, Ake Gustafsson, Goran Folkestad, Theodor Wisen. Excerpt: Baron Samuel von Pufendorf (January 8, 1632 - October 13, 1694) was a German jurist, political philosopher, economist, statesman, and historian. His name was just Samuel Pufendorf until he was ennobled in 1684; he was made a Freiherr (baron) a few months before his death in 1694. Among his achievements are his commentaries and revisions of the natural law theories of Thomas Hobbes and Hugo Grotius. He was born at Dorfchemnitz in the Electorate of Saxony. His father Elias Pufendorf from Glauchau was a Lutheran pastor, and Samuel Pufendorf himself was destined for the ministry. Educated at the ducal school (Furstenschule) at Grimma, he was sent to study theology at the University of Leipzig. The narrow and dogmatic teaching was repugnant to Pufendorf, and he soon abandoned it for the study of public law. Leaving Leipzig altogether, Pufendorf relocated to University of Jena, where he formed an intimate friendship with Erhard Weigel, the mathematician, whose influence helped ...
